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Gone - Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Poet
Kamau Brathwaite
B. 1930 D. 2020
His technique dazzles, and through the handling of rhythm and image he makes the world his own, and ours - The Sunday Times
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Malika Ndlovu
B. 1971
We are born to bring light / To honour the blessing of each moment / The gift of every life - Malika Ndlovu
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Poet
Poem
Unity - Selina Tusitala Marsh
Poem
Air - Michael Rosen
The Mighty Dead
Long-legged Fly
Read by Maurice Riordan
Long-legged Fly - William Butler Yeats - Read by Maurice Riordan
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Then and Again - Gloria Rawlinson
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Rangitikei River Song - Sam Hunt
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by Jackie Kay